Improvement in cotton-planters



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Button-Planters.

N0.155.8 89. Patented Oct. 13, 1874.

fjzyz ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BYRON REMSEN AND JOHN E. S. RUSSELL, OF WAOO, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-PLANTERS.

I V Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,889, datedOctober 13, 1874 application filed July 11, 1574.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BYRON BEMSEN and JNO. E. S. RUSSELL, of Waco, inthe county of McLennan and State of Texas, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Cotton-Planters; and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the lettersand figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a plan view of ourcotton-planter. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the. same. Fig. 3 is asectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to machines which are designed for plantingcotton-seed; and it consists in a distributing-drum, havingseed-openings through it, and inclined distributing-agitators inside ofit, said drum being applied to turn in a frame which is pivoted to thebeam of a shovel-plow, whereby the roller will accommodate itself toinequalities of surface passed over, and uniformly discharge the seedinthe drill-rows, after which a drag or coverer will cover up the seed,as will be hereinafter explained.

In the annexed drawings we have represented our improved planterattached to a well-known kind of shovel-plow, of which A is the beam, ata the handles, and B the standard, to which latter the shovel b issecured. O designates a triangular frame, which is braced by crosspieces 0 c, which latter are connected together by two longitudinalpieces, 0 0, between which the standard B plays freely. The front endsof the frame 0 are connected, by a pivot, 11, to the plow-beam A, and inthe rear ends of this frame the shaft d of a cylinder turns freely. Thiscylinder D is hollow,

and it is provided with a door, D, through the opening of which thecotton-seed is put into the cylinder, after which the door is shut andsuitably fastened. At the middle of the length of the cylinder D holes fare made, which are preferably oblong, and it is through these holesthat the seed is discharged, as the cylinder is rotated, on the ground.G G designate agitators, the edges of which are inclined so as to directthe seed toward the discharging-holes, and keep up a continueddischarge. These pieces G are arranged at the ends of the cylinder, andthey will agitate the seed, and keep it in a suitable condition forcausing its free discharge through holes f. After the, seed escapesthrough the holes f it is covered up in its furrow by a bow-shapedcoverer, E, which is loosely connected to the rear extremities of theframe 0 by means of links it h. The rear ends of the frame (1 areconnected to the bandles a, a of the plow by means of the flexiblestraps g, which are adjustable.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The cylinders 1), having agitators G, the edges of which are inclinedto direct the seed toward the center discharging-holes f, as de scribed.

2. The pivoted triangular frame 0, plowstandard B, cylinder D,loosely-connected bowshaped. coverer E, and the flexible connections hand 9, all combined and constructed as specified.

In testim ony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

BYRON REMSEN. JNO. E. S. RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

P. E. McWILLIAMs, It. W. DAVIS.

